NHL Playoffs Opening Night – Open Thread

Will the Flyers/Pens series live up to the hype? Will the Canucks find a way to make us hate them even more?

It all starts tonight. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia square off at 7:30 p.m. on TSN, Detroit and Nashville play their Game 1 at 8 p.m. on CBC, followed by Vancouver and Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m., also on CBC.

What are your predictions for these series? Have you adopted a team for the playoffs?

Alec Brownscombe is the founder of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, where he has written daily about the Leafs since September of 2008. He was also the editor of the 2009-13 Maple Leafs Annual magazines. You can contact him at [email protected]